"How's Your Melons Doin'?"

[majorcatfish]

those tigger melons look wonderful... we tried them a couple years ago tasty little things. love your watermelons as well.. @barefootgardener how big did they get?

good to see you back....

 

[majorcatfish]

speaking of melons.. @Lavender2 how are your melons doing????

 

[digitS']

I tried Asian melons for a couple of years.

They grew well, and produced early, but never seemed to have much flavor.

The flavor of the last few melons from my garden this year, as the vines faded away, remind me of those Asian melons.

Steve

 

[majorcatfish]

the last couple of our charentais melons were boring as well.

 

[thistlebloom]

So what do melons need for flavor development? Is it a number of hot days or does soil also make a difference.
I wonder, because when I actually have gotten a few ripe ones they were bland.

 

[digitS']

I imagine that actively growing, healthy plants produce the best flavors.

I learned that bug-attacked eggplants have bitter fruit.

So, it's how you grow your melon and how your melon grow. However, "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." Yogi Berra

Steve

 

[majorcatfish]

So what do melons need for flavor development? Is it a number of hot days or does soil also make a difference.
I wonder, because when I actually have gotten a few ripe ones they were bland.

will check into regulations and permits on how to ship vine ripened melons to you. knowing that eskimo's live primany on whale/seal meat.

 

[thistlebloom]

will check into regulations and permits on how to ship vine ripened melons to you. knowing that eskimo's live primany on whale/seal meat.

I do seem to do a lot of blubbering.

 

[ninnymary]

Those are beautiful melons! I so wish I could grow melons.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

Oh-oh! Mary's blubbering now too!